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Recovering from a Dead BIOS: 60k Rupiah Fix

May 26, 2026 < 1 min read

Archive from June - 2021

→ be u

→ interested in changing bios boot logo

→ get ur bios bricked cuz ur a retard flashing it

→ bring ur laptop to nearest service centre

→ all nearest service centre (all in jember said motherboard kena, and one is afraid to do the flash)

→ offered to bring to surabaya for fix

→ confused, depressed, and just stupid

→ suddenly locked in, googled ur way out

→ swarmed long list of resources, came into hardware forum

→ get roasted in the thread

→ came across someone with same issue

→ communicate with the guy via email, the guy is a phd lol

→ bought ch341a from shopee for only like 60k rupiah

→ disassembled ur laptop and need your help from ur dad to hold the ch341a since it doesnt stick

→ used windows laptop and doesnt even detect

→ switched to linux (arch) and installed flashrom

→ ch341a instantly detected and doing flashrom with stock bios file works

→ be happy

too lazy to write, maybe later

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